A perfect example Mike - thanks for posting it :high5: I'm no expert on Mercs either, or any other coin for that matter. But I do try to read...
The greenish color is just toning Walter. The nickels of this era are well known for it. I have Proof examples of every color in the rainbow -...
They don't. What they do buy into however is the fast sales and outrageous prices they see the uneducated laying out for these. So they buy into...
Ian is correct about the 8 - that pretty much clinches it for me. But it would be helpful to see better pics.
Nahhhhhh - may beat ya about the head and shoulders with a big stick though :D
I agree, but I must ask; have you ever seen a coin that meets this description ? "....TPGs award a coin "FB" for the fully struck bands on the...
With all respect to swamperbob and yourself, the laws of physics are what they are and cannot be ignored. Now what I mean by that is that if the...
You're more than welcome to - I love a good discussion :thumb: One thing I didn't mention though, I collected these coins for over 30 yrs and...
They look like video arcade tokens to me.
I gotta say that based on the pics it looks like an ordinary Indian Head cent to me. Granted it looks like somebody has polished it up with a...
Just curious, what was the code on the body bag ? You say you tell the dealers it is fake - there's quite a difference between a fake and a...
It has to do with strike quality. The '45-P is the absolute hardest coin there is in the series to find a well struck example.
Fair enough - The Milled Columnarios Of Central And South America by Frank F. Gilboy. Now you're probably going to tell me that this book only...
The areas I am seeing them are in the armor & legends on the obverse, on the reverse I see them mainly in the fields and columns.
Howdy Marius - Welcome to the Forum !! There are many things this could be, but we either need pics or a better description. Can you list the...
You could be right, but it also may be because collectors have hammering them to do so since the series began - and they finally decided to listen...
As you say, the assayer's mark is a dead give-away. I've even seen these with wrong King's name. Lesson is don't overlook the very obvious ;)
That is true of the pillar and wave series - depending on date and mint even that rule varies - but not of the portrait series.
They were pretty exact. These are the tolerances - maximum - 27.2638 grams minimum - 26.8646 grams Any coin above or below those weight...
Howdy Grimm - Welcome to the Forum !! What you have is known as a "good for token" minted and issued by a private enterprise - it is not a...
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